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Cochlear implantation in a district general hospital: problems and complications in the first five years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Melanie M. Collins ,
Maurice H. Hawthorne  and
Kamal El-Hmd
Melanie M. Collins
Affiliation:
Cochlear Implant Programme, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, UK.
Maurice H. Hawthorne*
Affiliation:
Cochlear Implant Programme, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, UK.
Kamal El-Hmd
Affiliation:
Cochlear Implant Programme, North Riding Infirmary, Middlesbrough, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr Maurice Hawthorne, F.R.C.S, Cochlear Implant Programme, North Riding Infirmary, Newport Rd, Middlesbrough TS1 5JE.
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Abstract

Fifty-three patients, 34 adults and 19 children have been implanted over the first five years of the cochlear implant programme at the North Riding Infirmary (NRI). For a small centre, based at a district general hospital, our complication rates compare favourably with others: 11.7 per cent adult and 10.5 per cent paediatric major complications. Data on all our patients was gathered prospectively as part of the national cochlear implant programme, and we report and discuss all complications from this centre.

Keywords

Cochlear implantcomplicationsHospitalsdistrict
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , April 1997 , pp. 325 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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